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  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

on positive duties to engage in specific actions, including rescue (e.g., aiding victims of natural disaster), beneficence (e.g., donating medicines), and justice (e.g., strengthening weak legal regimes). The aims of the chapter are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country investor protections. The cross-country analysis indicates that a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

advantage of their weaknesses and blind spots. First, it helps to evaluate whether a competitor will be motivated to respond. Second, it identifies whether that competitor has the ability to do so effectively. As coauthors Clayton M.... View Details
Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring
  • 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

and that this difference is associated with significant performance differentials. We propose three possible reasons for the managerial gap of founder CEO firms: a) informational problems preventing a clear understanding of the weakness... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

find evidence that (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments, (2) overachievement commissions help sustain the high productivity of the best performers even after attaining quotas, and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve performance of the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

harness the network effects that previously had protected the incumbent. We present a typology of envelopment attacks based on whether platform pairs are complements, weak substitutes, or functionally unrelated, and we analyze conditions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

sophisticated set of financial incentives that are applied to both administrative and clinical staff. The case allows students to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of financial incentives in clinical medicine. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

exposure to peers’ creative work) and on the value of creative work and the attendance of salespeople working for stores in divergent markets where customers had distinctive needs requiring customized service. We also find weak evidence... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

influence key decisions in the founding process. It is argued that the same biases that provide early benefits can later prove to be a weakness for the startup, and that founders must learn to identify their biases and work to balance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

appear to have long-run implications whereby sustaining a high level of service relative to local competitors leads the incumbent to attract and retain higher value customers over time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-084.pdf Big BRICs, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

Business School Exercise 409-129 This exercise is designed to help students and professionals map their professional networks and identify areas of strength and weakness in their networks. "Network" refers to the set of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

interviewed had not relaxed the standards, and in fact they said that, if anything, they had held women entrepreneurs to a higher standard because they did not want to be viewed as a weak link or an easy way into the firm. They did think... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2003
  • Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin has studied the development of the case method of teaching at Harvard's law, business, and medical schools. Garvin wanted to see how the schools are similar and different in their use of cases, the strengths and View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

and weaknesses are described. Finally, some emerging trends in how organizations are structured are discussed in the last section of this note, supplemented by a brief summary, in timeline format, of the evolution of organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

encourage cross-fertilization and the exchange of ideas, but will also help catch problems, flaws, and weaknesses before they multiply. Koehn: From the standpoint of organizations, it strikes me that what we have is an opportunity for... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

particularly the weak level of protection afforded by the California courts), it was unclear how effective a policy of aggressive litigation would be. Furthermore, such a policy might reduce Xerox's ability to recruit the best research... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 23 Jan 2019
  • News

The Promise of Personalized Medicine

muscle weakness and loss. MORE Watch a video about Horgan’s experience as a Blavatnik Fellow Read more about Cure Rare Disease MORE Watch a video about Horgan’s experience as a Blavatnik Fellow Read more about Cure Rare Disease As a... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Promise & Perils

world, where a simple phrase speaks volumes: “No guanxi — no business.” Translation: No relationships — no business. Relationships take on added importance in China because they tend to make up for weak legal and regulatory institutions,... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

the world stage. It is a story that holds many important lessons for the current generation of emerging giants seeking to do the same. Book: http://hbr.org/2011/07/the-globe-the-paradox-of-samsungs-rise/ar/1   Working PapersBig BRICs, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

outline how to put such capabilities in place long before a crisis strikes. First, companies need to hone their teamwork and rapid problem-solving skills through practice. Second, they must learn to recognize weak signals, amplify the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne